Mary Sheffield

Nonpartisan

Bringing higher livable wage jobs to Detroit and providing workforce development for current residents.

Working to implement DDOT Reimagined before 2030, prioritizing 10-minute frequency on key routes.

Enhancing effective community policing by implementing 24/7 neighborhood-based community policing.

Reducing the red tape that makes it more difficult to open a business in Detroit.

Working to put Detroiters on a pathway to homeownership.

Addressing Root Causes of Crime, expanding access to mental health care & trauma recovery services, and continuing expansion & investment in Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Programs.

Reactivating Commercial Corridors with amenities, food, entertainment and thus, business opportunities within the neighborhoods and unique to every District.

Bringing higher livable wage jobs to Detroit and providing workforce development for current residents.

Launching a supplemental Detroit Promise program to provide proactive mentorship and wraparound services to potential Detroit Promise participants and families, starting in middle school, to increase program utilization and ultimately reduce absenteeism.

Creating targeted after-school programs and partnership options within the school district with the highest rates of absenteeism, located within 2 miles of school sites.

Releasing plan to activate an in-person “Neighborhood Opportunity and Empowerment Hubs”.

Working to put Detroiters on a pathway to homeownership.

Releasing plan to activate an in-person “Neighborhood Opportunity and Empowerment Hubs”.

Launching a supplemental Detroit Promise program to provide proactive mentorship and wraparound services to potential Detroit Promise participants and families, starting in middle school, to increase program utilization and ultimately reduce absenteeism.

Renters must receive education to understand their rights, guidance to find compliant landlords and supports to hold bad landlords accountable. Instead of expecting Detroiters to endlessly search for these resources, we will create a one-stop-shop for policies, programs and advocates to support renters and to make the dream of homeownership an affordable reality.

Reducing the red tape that makes it more difficult to open a business in Detroit.

Prioritizing cleaning alley-ways and restoring sidewalks.

Working to implement DDOT Reimagined before 2030, prioritizing 10-minute frequency on key routes.

Enhancing effective community policing by implementing 24/7 neighborhood-based community policing.

Exploring Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and expanding the M1 rail to improve speed and further service.

Working to expand grant opportunities for home repair.

Reactivating Commercial Corridors with amenities, food, entertainment and thus, business opportunities within the neighborhoods and unique to every District.

Working to expand grant opportunities for home repair.

Renters must receive education to understand their rights, guidance to find compliant landlords and supports to hold bad landlords accountable. Instead of expecting Detroiters to endlessly search for these resources, we will create a one-stop-shop for policies, programs and advocates to support renters and to make the dream of homeownership an affordable reality.

Prioritizing cleaning alley-ways and restoring sidewalks.

Targeting under-represented, low-income and senior Detroiters with new initiatives to address household needs.

Working with the State Legislature in Lansing to address structural property tax reform.

Creating targeted after-school programs and partnership options within the school district with the highest rates of absenteeism, located within 2 miles of school sites.

Exploring Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and expanding the M1 rail to improve speed and further service.

Working with the State Legislature in Lansing to address structural property tax reform.

Targeting under-represented, low-income and senior Detroiters with new initiatives to address household needs.